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The Rising Age Gap in Economic Well-Being, The Old Prosper Relative to the Young, November 7, 2011 “Older adults have made dramatic gains relative to younger adults in their economic well being during the past quarter century, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from two key U.S. Census sources. Trends in …
News release: “U.S. colleges and universities have historically set the benchmark for excellence in higher education, but these institutions will have to adapt and collaborate with their peers abroad in the coming years to remain competitive. Assisting institutions in addressing these challenges is the centerpiece of a report issued today by the American Council on …
‘Thinking’ in a Deweyan Perspective: The Law School Exam as a Case Study for Thinking in Lawyering, Donald J. Kochan, Chapman University School of Law, November 4, 2011, Nevada Law Journal, Forthcoming “As creatures of thought, we are thinking all the time, but that does not necessarily mean that we are thinking well. Answering the …
“The Global Open Access Portal (GOAP) presents a snapshot of the status of Open Access (OA) to scientific information around the world. For countries that have been more successful in implementing Open Access, the portal highlights critical success factors and aspects of the enabling environment. For countries and regions that are still in the early …
Brookings/Hamilton Project – Unemployment and Earnings Losses: The Long-Term Impacts of The Great Recession, November 2011 “The labor market has shown another month of growth, according to [November 4, 2011] employment report. Payroll employment increased by 80,000 jobs in October; private sector employment was up by 104,000, while governments continued to shed jobs. Additionally, the …
24 Hours at Fukushima – A blow-by-blow account of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, By Eliza Strickland / November 2011 [Editor’s Note: This is part of the IEEE Spectrum special report: Fukushima and the Future of Nuclear Power]. “The world’s three major nuclear accidents had very different causes, but they have one important thing …
Charles M. Vest, National Academy of Engineering: The Next Generation Do we need more engineers? “The distinguished National Academy volunteers who wrote the influential report Rising Above the Gathering Storm believed that we need to increase the number of engineers graduating in this country. Not everyone agrees with this assessment and I am frequently asked, …
News release: “Two-thirds of college seniors graduated with loans in 2010, and they carried an average of $25,250 in debt. They also faced the highest unemployment rate for young college graduates in recent history at 9.1%. Our new report, Student Debt and the Class of 2010, includes average debt levels for the 50 states and …
Credit Ratings across Asset Classes: A ≡ A?. Jess Cornaggia, Indiana University Bloomington – Kelley School of Business, Kimberly Rodgers Cornaggia, American University – Kogod School of Business, John Hund, Rice University – Jesse H. Jones School of Management. October 30, 2011 “Contrary to assertions by the Big 3 credit raters, we demonstrate that credit …
Nothing Ventured: The Crisis in Clean Tech Investment, by Joshua Freed and Mae Stevens, November 2011 “If a sector that helps drive American economic growth loses 26% of its value$22 billionand sees a 26% decline in new companies in just three years, would it be a crisis? It should be. Unfortunately, this decline is happening …
The Atlantic – World War II in Photos – Alan Taylor “World War II is the story of the 20th Century. The war officially lasted from 1939 until 1945, but the causes of the conflict and its horrible aftermath reverberated for decades in either direction. While feats of bravery and technological breakthroughs still inspire awe …
Half of adult cell phone owners have apps on their phones – The percent who download apps nearly doubles in two years, but just 46% of downloaders have paid for an app…The growth in apps downloading is a reflection of the broader trend toward mobile devices the Pew Internet Project has identified over the past …
